Recent GLC EV Has Mercedes’ Largest Screen Yet, But Also More Physical Controls And Fancy Trim

We’re just a couple of days away from the revealing of a very powerful automobile Mercedes-Benz has come out with in an extended time: the GLC with EQ Technology (which I’ll henceforth call the GLC EV). But before the Germans officially take the covers off the compact crossover on the Munich auto show, we’re getting a sneak peek at its interior. Three things jump out at you immediately: An enormous screen, more buttons, and a shocking amount of attention to detail for a mass-market, tech-focused automobile like this.

In fact, the actual pièce de résistance is the 39.1-inch MBUX Hyperscreen, the biggest seamless display fitted to a Mercedes-Benz thus far. The corporate says the ginormous screen has over 1,000 individual LEDs and features intelligent zone dimming, which can allow for simultaneous adjustment of two different display areas via sliders. This is supposed to make sure the knowledge you would like is at all times clear and accessible, and the driving force doesn’t get too distracted with superfluous readouts. Mercedes is so pleased with this tech that it’s filed a patent for it.

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As you would possibly expect, many of the automobile’s core functions shall be handled through this massive screen that runs pillar to pillar. It’ll serve because the gauge cluster, a middle infotainment screen and a passenger display. It’s pretty just like what we first saw within the Mercedes CLA, but without seams between the person displays. I’m sure it’ll be fairly easy to navigate and quick to reply.

Mercedes says the screen can show high-resolution ambient styles as background motifs that should offer a big selection of moods to the oldsters within the automobile, “from calm to intense, cool to warm, and technical to emotional.” The colour of the gauge cluster, control panel and ambient lighting might be adjusted with these schemes.

We have only got a couple of photos to go off of, but from what I can tell, this recent generation of GLC will bring with it more buttons than previous Mercedes-Benz models. We’re capable of see a row of seven buttons and a scroll knob (presumably for the amount) on the middle console between two cup holders and a few wireless phone charging pads. Haptic feedback haters can even rejoice within the indisputable fact that scroll knobs have made their triumphant return to the highest spoke of the steering wheel instead of touch-sensitive controls. Overall, it looks like a solid mixture of each physical and digital controls, but I’m sure it won’t be enough to please everybody.

Like all modern Mercedes-Benz models, the GLC EV’s interior is festooned with all the ambient lighting you might ever want that might be modified to 11 trillion different colours and even illuminate red or blue whenever you switch up the climate control.

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Attention to detail also appears to be an enormous deal contained in the recent GLC EV. Mercedes is employing a brand new kind of stitching, which is kind of paying homage to the baseball glove stitching you’d find on Audi TTs within the early 2000s (just toned down). There’s also loads of very pretty metal inlays at nighttime wood trim and brightwork across the trim pieces and air vents that suggest the GLC EV is a way more premium vehicle than its compact crossover roots would suggest — just look how giant the one piece of wood is. 

Overall, the GLC EV’s interior looks like an actual winner. Let’s just wait to see if its exterior and performance can match what that is bringing to the table.